French actor Gerard Depardieu testified that he has been tbetter he has “a Russian nature” for his drinking, during his trial for intimacyual attack.
On the second day of the trial in a Paris court, he denied any wrongdoing but shelp his behaviour was pondered by some as boorish.
Depardieu shelp: “I’ve always been tbetter I have a Russian nature, I don’t understand if it’s becaengage of the drinking or the offensiveity… I’m not touching the butts of women.”
The 76-year-better is accengaged of intimacyuassociate attacking two female crew members on the set of the film Les Volets Verts (Green Shutters) in 2021.
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The anonymous women both claim the actor forced himself on them on multiple occasions, touching them over their clothes, according to court write downs.
Speaking in court on Tuesday, Depardieu acunderstandledged he engaged cdispolite and heated language around one of the women who accengaged him of intimacyual attack, as well as grabbing her hips.
“I understand perfectly if she’s a bit disturb,” he shelp. “I am contendnt of trash talk… I don’t have to talk enjoy that, get irritated enjoy that, voila.”
Depardieu shelp grabbing the woman’s hips was not ill-intentioned and grasped: “She didn’t answer as if I was attacking her.”
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He has starred in more than 200 films over five decades, triumphning two best direct actor awards at the Cesars, and being nominated for an Oscar and 15 other Cesars.
